Service Details
Name:
 BURROUGH
Given Name:
 RICHARD MICHAEL
Initials:
 R M
Service No:
 14748
Rank:
 Sergeant
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Regiment:
 Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1942-03-21
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Date of Birth:
 1906-10-02
Age:
 35
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, when the truck he was travelling in was negotiating a gap through the minefield in the RNC Sector at about 21:00 hrs
Additional
Information:
Son of Hurbert Burrough, of Carolina, Transvaal and Mary Burrough, of Garforth House, Pretoria. Husband of Pauline Magdaline Burrough, of 4 Inez Road, Sea Point, Cape Town. Born Pretoria. A printer. He had 2 children.
Commemoration
Country:
 Libya
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Cemetery:
 KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
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Grave Reference:
 5. E. 23.

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